Survivor: The Caribbean Islands (Israeli season) explained

Season Number:	1
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Module1:	Num Days: 52 Num Survivors: 20 Winner: Naama Kasry Runner Up: Noam Tor
Num Episodes:	36
Network:	Channel 10
Film Start:	June
Film End:	July, 2007

Survivor: The Caribbean Islands (Hebrew: הישרדות האיים הקריביים|Hisardut HaAiim HaKaribiim) is the first season of the Israeli edition of Survivor. Based on the popular reality game show Survivor, the series was shot between June and July, 2007, in Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic. It was produced by Reyif HeMeiri production company, with an approximated budget of $5,000,000. It is broadcast on the Channel 10.

The Sole Survivor was Naama Kasry, who defeated Noam Tor and Dan Mano in the final Tribal Council by a 5-4-0 vote. Naama received the grand prize of 1,000,000 ₪ prize: 645,000 ₪ in cash and an off-road car. Tor was named the audience's favorite player after winning a public vote.

Format changes

Although the main format is the same, this season introduced several notable differences from the American version of Survivor:

• Filming length: This season was filmed over 52 days, compared to the 39-day length of most American seasons.
• Airing format: This season aired twice a week, compared to the once-weekly airing schedule of the American version. The American version largely produces one episode for every three days, culminating in an elimination; this season had 36 episodes, with two episodes for every three days. The first episode of the week featured the Reward and Immunity Challenges, while the second featured the Double-Power Challenge, Island of the Dead battle and Tribal Council. On two occasions, the Tribal council wasn't aired during the week's second episode, but instead at the start of the next week's first episode.
• Double-Power Challenge: A new type of individual challenge typically played the day after the Immunity Challenge. Before the merge, the challenge was competed by the members of the tribe that lost the previous day's immunity challenge, and the winner earned either a second vote at that night's Tribal Council (episodes 1–9) or individual immunity (episodes 10–15). After the merge, all contestants competed in the Double-Power challenge, and the winner received either the power to block two contestants from voting at that night's Tribal Council (episodes 16–19) or the ability to cast a second vote at Tribal Council (episode 20 onward).
• Island of the Dead: A secluded area where voted out contestants competed against each other in duels to remain in the game. When only three contestants remained in the main game, the winner of the final Island of the Dead duel returned to the game. This twist has been used in other international versions of Survivor, and later appeared in the American version as Redemption Island.
• Endgame: The final four castaways competed in two immunity challenges to determine two of the three finalists. The jury and the two immune finalists then voted between the two remaining castaways to determine the third finalist. The votes were cast during the final day of filming in the Dominican Republic, and the votes were read shortly thereafter in a fortification next to Herzliya. The newly completed jury then interrogated the finalists but, unlike the American version, did not cast their ballots at the conclusion of the final Tribal Council. Instead, votes were cast months later during the live reunion at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv, and read immediately afterward.

Contestants

Contestant	Original tribe	Merged tribe	Main game	Island of the Dead
Maya Elharar 29, Tirat Carmel
Yoav Behr 33, Ramat HaSharon
Omer Giladi 25, Caesarea
Elisheva "Tina" Berkovich 57, Ein Hod
Vika Finkelstein 25, Sderot
Sivan Shitrit 25, Tel Aviv
Noam Tor Returned to game
Muli Karacho 25, Alfei Menashe
Alex Metz 47, Karnei Shomron
Moshe "Moshik" Lipetz 47, Savyon
Vera Lichtes 27, Tel Aviv
Guy Zilberman 29, Ramat Gan
Liya Gil 32, Ashkelon
Idan Kapon 30, Haifa
Shahar Raz 28, Shittim
Yael Tzafrir 32, Tel Aviv
Moshe Dan 23, Holon
Marina Kabisher 24, Tel Aviv				bgcolor=darkgrey
Dan Mano 29, Haifa				bgcolor=darkgrey
Noam Tor 24, Hofit				bgcolor=darkgrey
Naama Kasry 29, Karmiel				bgcolor=darkgrey

Future appearances

Dan Mano, Idan Kapon and Marina Kabisher returned for Survivor: Fans vs. Survivors. Naama Kasry returned for the 2019 season of Survivor: VIP. Liya Gil returned for the 2021 season of Survivor: VIP.

Season summary

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Island of the Dead	Challenges			Eliminated	Finish
No.	Original air date	Winner	Eliminated			Reward	Immunity	Double Power
1	December 15, 2007	None					1st voted out Day 3
2 & 3	December 22 & 23, 2007	None						2nd voted out Day 6
4 & 5	December 26 & 29, 2007							3rd voted out Day 9
6 & 7	January 2 & 5, 2008							4th voted out Day 12
8 & 9	January 9 & 12, 2008							5th voted out Day 15
10 & 11	January 16 & 19, 2008							6th voted out Day 18
12, 13 & 14	January 23, 26 & 30, 2008	Liya, Marina, Naama, Shahar, Vera, Yael	Dan, Liya, Marina, Naama, Shahar, Vera, Yael		7th voted out Day 21
					8th voted out Day 21
14 & 15	January 30 & February 2, 2008		9th voted out Day 24
16 & 17	February 6 & 9, 2008			None				10th voted out Day 28
18 & 19	February 13 & 16, 2008							11th voted out Day 31
20 & 21	February 20 & 23, 2008							12th voted out Day 34
22, 23 & 24	February 27, March 1 & 4, 2008							13th voted out Day 37
24 & 25	March 4 & 8, 2008			Survivor Auction				14th voted out Day 40
26 & 27	March 11 & 15, 2008							15th voted out Day 43
28 & 29	March 18 & 22, 2008							16th voted out Day 45
30 & 31	March 29 & April 5, 2008							17th voted out Day 47
32, 33, 34, 35 & 36	April 12 & 27, May 3, 10 & 17, 2008	None		None	18th voted out 9th jury member Day 52
36	May 17, 2008						Jury vote
								2nd runner-up
								Runner-up
								Sole Survivor

Survivor Auction

Contestants	Item(s)
Dan	Hamburger and French fries
Idan	A bowl of sand (Mystery item)
Marina	Chinese mind game, a big plate of food (Hamburger and Fries, Falafel, Lemonade and an Apple) (Mystery item)
Moshe	Nothing
Naama	Falafel and Tachina, Cold Lemonade, MP3 Player
Shahar	Nothing
Yael	Apple

Voting history

		Original tribes														Merged tribe
Episode		1		3		5		7		9		11	14		15	17	19	21		24		25		27		29		31		36
Day		3		6		9		12		15		18	21		24	28	31	34		37		40		43		45		47		52
Eliminated
Votes
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Voter		Votes
							Guy
							Muli	Guy
						Noam
				Noam
							Noam
						Muli	Muli
			Noam

Jury vote
Episode	36
Day	Reunion
Finalist:
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Juror	Vote

External links

• Official Survivor 10 website